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DAMAGED BY WATER. 1951 envelope from St. Louis to Chicago with a ...more
DAMAGED BY WATER. 1951 envelope from St. Louis to Chicago with a cancellation of FEB 6 1951. A violet two line cachet 'Mail damaged by water / Postage Paid' has been applied to the front of the cover. In late January and early February 1951 there was a very severe ice storm that left thousands of square miles under nearly a foot of ice. When this started to melt there would have been localised flooding and presumably that is what occurred to damage this envelope. An uncommon item and the only such one that I have recorded during this period to date
David Morrison
Lot G2228 (D)
Fixed Price
230.00 GBP
(app. 265 EUR)
(app. 265 EUR)
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